About us

MapUp is a Silicon Valley tech pioneer revolutionizing the way modern fleets manage tolls billing and payments through its AI-based, software-defined tolling solutions. Operating in over 90 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, MapUp empowers fleets with accurate toll billing and toll spend insights, leading to reduced billing cycles, improved driver satisfaction, and significant cost savings. At the heart of MapUp's innovative solutions are its flagship products, includingTollGuru® for pre-trip toll intelligence and optimization, TollTally™ for GPS-based near-real-time toll billing, and TollMatch™ for efficient post-trip toll reconciliation and auditing. Learn more about MapUp and its solutions here.

Job description

MapUp is looking for a backend engineer who is passionate about designing and building microservices for frontend products/clients.

Responsibilities

• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
• Experience writing, maintaining and integrating REST APIs written in Node.js.
• Experience building and maintaining high-traffic APIs, writing performant code and crafting efficient database queries.
• Understand the current application infrastructure and suggest changes to it.
• Experience in performance measurement and monitoring for application availability, speed, errors.
• Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance.
• Strong notions of security best practices (e.g., using IAM Roles etc.).
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic in Node.js.
• Write readable, testable, and efficient node.js code.
• Work remotely, perform autonomously, and keep the team and project stakeholders informed diligently.

Experience and Skills

• AWS Architecture & Development
• AWS Infra: EC2, S3, Route53, CloudFormation, DynamoDB
• AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway
• Kubernetes, EKS, Fargate
• Authorization and Authentication with AWS Cognito
• JavaScript, Node.js, Express, Jest
• The serverless approach using AWS Lambda is a plus. For example, Serverless/SLSS.
• DevOps: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, CD/CI, JIRA
• Airflow, AWS Step functions
• Working knowledge in Python3 and Go are a plus

Good to have

• Strong experience in designing and building microservices for frontend products/clients
• Relational Databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL). Familiarity with spatial data queries
• Experience with location, mapping based libraries like Mapbox, Leaflet, HERE Maps, OpenStreetMap is a plus.
• Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, Postman tests, JSON
• Experience with payment APIs like Stripe
• Understanding of Agile (Scrum) Methodology
• Strong experience in Node.js and frameworks available for it
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as React, CSS.
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

Team

You will be joining a team of mapping experts who care deeply about their customers. We are transforming mapping into a practical decision-making tool for commuters, commercial transporters and mobility providers.

Following Are Some Of The Perks

We are a “work family”, a highly collaborative, supportive, skilled, thoughtful, and intellectually curious group of people who are focused on making MapUp a great place to work! Following are some of the perks:

• Full-time, remote position.
• Competitive salary.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Flexible work schedule to promote work-life balance.
• Company-sponsored work trips.
• Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.